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BBC Proms - 18 July-13 Sept 2008 - The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival

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Week 6 : 22 - 28 August 2008

Fri 22

Sat 23

Sun 24

Mon 25

Tue 26

Wed 27

Thu 28

19.00 - 22.20

Mahler Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor

Stockhausen Punkte (1952/ 1962/ 1993)

Schubert Songs
Orch. David Matthews Ständchen, D920b
Orch. Manfred Trojahn Bei dir allein, D866/2
Orch. Colin Matthews Nacht und Träume, D827
Orch. Detlev Glanert Das Lied im Grünen, D109

Beethoven Overture 'Leonore' No.3

Angelika Kirchschlager mezzo-soprano
Apollo Voices (womens' voices)

Gürzenich Orchestra
Markus Stenz conductor


18.30 - 20.45

Varèse Amériques
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor

Copland Symphony No.3

Boris Berezovsky piano

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Antonio Pappano conductor


16.00 - 17.00

 Prom 50
Bach Day

J S Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565;
Canonic Variations on 'Vom Himmel Hoch' BWV769;
Prelude and Fugue in E flat major, 'St Anne', BWV 552;
Chorale Prelude on 'Vater unser im Himmelreich', BWV 682;
Chorale Prelude on 'Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir', BWV 687;
Duetto No.2 in F major, BWV 803

Simon Preston organ


19.00 - 21.10

J S Bach St. John Passion (sung in German)

Mark Padmore tenor Evangelist
Peter Harvey bass Christus
Katherine Fuge soprano
Robin Blaze counter-tenor
Nicholas Mulroy tenor
Jeremy Budd tenor
Matthew Brook bass

Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conductor


22.00 - 23.15

J S Bach Suite No.1 in G major for solo cello
J S Bach Suite No.2 in D minor for solo cello
J S Bach Suite No.3 in C major for solo cello

Jian Wang cello
NB: Closing Ceremony Of Beijing Olympics Today


13:00 - 14:00

Lambert Air 'Vos mépris chaque jour'
Marais Sonate à la marésienne - excerpts
Montéclair Cantata - Le dépit généreux
Couperin 14è ordre - Le rossignol-en-amour; Double du rossignol
Rameau Cantata - Orphée

Les Talens Lyriques:
Céline Scheen soprano
Stéphanie Paulet violin
Atsushi Sakaï cello
Christophe Rousset harpsichord/director


19.00 - 21.10

Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet - excerpts

Tchaikovsky Symphony No.5 in E minor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Daniele Gatti conductor


19.30 - 22.05

Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis;
Job: A Masque for Dancing

Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music;
Symphony No.9

Sarah Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton, Sophie Bevan, Rachel Nicholls sopranos
Allison Cook, Louise Poole, Julia Riley, Catherine Hopper mezzo-sopranos
Ed Lyon, Joshua Ellicott, Peter Wedd, Nicholas Sharratt tenors
Mark Stone, Darren Jeffery, George von Bergen,Tim Mirfin basses

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis conductor


19:00 - 21:05

Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
Peter Eötvös Seven (UK premiere)

Ravel Shéhérazade;
Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No.2

Akiko Suwanai violin
Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano

Philharmonia Orchestra
Susanna Mälkki conductor


22.00 - 23.20

Einojuhani Rautavaara Cantus arcticus
Sir John Tavener Cantus Mysticus (UK premiere);
The Whale

Patricia Rozario soprano
Susan Bickley mezzo-soprano
David Wilson-Johnson baritone
Mark van de Wiel clarinet

London Sinfonietta Chorus
London Sinfonietta
David Atherton conductor


19.30 - 21.35

Steven Stucky Rhapsodies (BBC/NYPO co- commission; world premiere)
Gershwin Piano Concerto in F major

Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano

New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel conductor


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